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Any news on this and #19?

I actually think the figures on the other Old Colony branches are worse in terms of % of decline in ridership. I think with the Greenbush line, it's a bunch of things. Remember it opened in 2007, right as the economy was heading south. And I believe that was also during the first of those well publi...

I don't think track 61 has freight service....I don't know what else it would be for...

It's a really interesting point. I think if I commuted daily on the rapid transit lines, I would find it boring. Compared with NYC, it's much smaller system, so you'd be seeing the same thing over and over again. As of now, I do not go into Boston with the same regularity I once did, nor do I have t...

oh sorry

I should have been more specific and maybe I got the Acela number wrong. If 94 is running late getting into NYP, and isn't ready to leave just shy of 6pm, they will let the 6pm Acela go first.

One other reason, if its just shy of 6pm in NYC, they will let the 6pm Acela go out first

Supposedly this project is getting some second wind, I don't know though, I just hope it doesn't hold up other improvements we desperately need in the area, like an expanded South Station. I also saw some ideas for possible DMU service via a connection in the BU area, but that's probably decades awa...

BandA wrote:@jscola30: I've heard that the ground braking you refer to is much more energy efficient & reduces wear compared to standard air brakes. How long will it take to retrofit all the cars?

BREAKING NEWS: Rail service to return to Falmouth, Wood's Hole, Chatham, and Provincetown --Hyannis Following the successful introduction of passenger train service with last summer's Cape Cod Flyer, Cape officials are announcing the return of passenger train service to Falmouth and Wood's Hole, Cha...

Interesting, I felt we were going more than 20mph in reverse, certainly not 100mph+, but it did feel faster than 20

yea we ended up with 1.5 hour delay, which I didn't think was that bad all in all (I once was on another Acela that was behind a regional that hit someone, I think the train was 2-2.5 hours late), although it did screw up allota passengers who had work in NYC that day, so good thing I was on an Acela.

Back in January, I took an Acela to NYC. Somewhere between RI and CT, the train stopped for a while (I knew something was wrong). The conductor told us the regional in front of us had broken down and techs were on it. Then about 15 min or so later he said techs are unable to fix it, so we have to re...

thanks

There was a blurb on FB about Iowa Pacific possibly starting a regular passenger service from Okalahoma City to Tulsa. Someone responded to the story by saying "they are already doing it in Massachusetts...cape cod to boston , with the e-9's starting this summer"...I'm assuming this is eit...